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NOTES OF THE WEATHER. 

 July. 1871. 



Houlton, Jfe.— Aurora 8tli ; no soaking rain ; ground dry beneath. 



Union, Me. — Haying 7tli ; cherries ripe 12th ; corn silking 25th. 



Norway , Me. — Grasshoppers destructive to 15th j slight earthquake 

 20th. 



West Waterville, Me. — Damaging hail 20th. Heat about July average. 



Gardiner, Me.— Month fo colder than iuean of thirty-five years j dry 

 till last week. 



Lisbon, ilfe.— Slight earthquake 20th ; haying finished generally 31st. 



Peterhoro, N. H. — Large hail, covering the ground, 10th. 



Whitejield, JSf. H.—Verj heavy thunder; earthquake shocks at 3 a. m. 

 20th. 



Tamivorth, N. jff.— Frost 1st 3 earthquake 20th; long drought about 

 ended. 



ContooGoohville, JSF. R. — Haying begun 3d ; oats ripening 25th, har- 

 vested 28th. 

 . Amoslceag, N. H. — Slight frost 18th; frequent showers 15th to 31st. 



Lunenburgh, Vt. — Earthquake of 30 seconds, north to south, at 1 

 a. m. 20th. . 



Graftsbury, Vt. — Very dry till 20th, then wet till close — heavy rains. 



East Bethel, Vt. — Heavy thunder-showers ; fine hail 18th ; earthquake 

 20th. 



West Gharlotte, Ff.— First real rain and wind-storm this season, 31st. 



Panton, Vt. — Terrific thunder-storm 14th, with large hail, 4 inches 

 deep, 28th. 



Kingston, Mass. — Most of month very dry after great drought of May 

 and June. 



North Billerica, Mass. — Copious showers during last week in July. 



Lunenburgh, Mass. — Earthquake, shaking houses, &c., north northwest 

 to south southeast, 20th. 



Middletown, Gonn. — Heavy thunder, copious rain, and damaging hail 

 15th. 



Southington, Gonn. — Cicada (locust) 10th. Coldest July since 1859. 



South Hartford, N. Y. — Fifteen light showers during July; one very 

 heavy 31st. 



BrooUyn, N. Y. — Month showery but pleasant ; no signs of midsum- 

 mer. 



Gooperstown, N. Y. — Frost 24th; month 6^ colder than in 1870. 



North Hammond, N. T.— Drought 1st; haying begun 5th; harvest 

 31st. Cool July. 



South Trenton,. N. T.— Ground covered with hail, large as bantam 

 eggs, 20th. 



Deimuville, N. J.— Wheat harvest began 14th. Heat 3c>.8 below mean 

 of seven years. 



Palermo, N. Y. — Coldest July in eighteen years, except in 1860, 

 (620.09 ;) warmest, 1868, (79^.12,) 



Nichols, N. Y. — Wettest July (hardest showers) in many years. 



Newark Valley, N. Y. — Very wet month ; weather quite cool. 



Little Genesee, N. Y. — Showers light; streams never lower, some dry. 



Lockport, N. Y. — Month unusually cold ; on 17th, before sunrise, 53°.5. 



Newark, N. J. — In twenty-eight years, warmest July 1860, mean 

 76'3.08 ; coldest, 1859, mean >0o.23 ; 1871, 710.475 ; four Julys whose 



